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General Maximus · 09-06-2014, 12:33

that is just a sign of a **** router. I have had 6 different models of Linksys routers over the last 11 years and I have never had a problem with any of them locking up under load. Unless you get a completely naff router now, anything you get which is semi-decent can handle 100mbits+ no problem because it is cappable of doing far more than that. One of the new LInksys routers I bought last month has got a wan to lan througput of 931mbits, so even at full speed for my VM connection of 152mbits, I am only using a fraction of what the router is capable of. You don't need to think throttling your connection as a % to your VM connection, but as a % to what the router can handle (and even a shub is capable of 400mbits). As an example, what you are saying atm is this:

My car can do 120mph but because I am in a 40mph speed limit I don't want to do 40mph because that is max speed, I am going to do 75% which is 30mph.

What I am saying is that 40mph is still a fraction of the 120mph which the car can handle without breaking a sweat. If you get pretty much any new router other can get rid of your dlink, you can go full speed on your VM connection no problemo.

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General Maximus Ran Away Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln Services: phone + 1gbit BB + SkyQ Posts: 11,021	Re: Help with router and speed limiting that is just a sign of a **** router. I have had 6 different models of Linksys routers over the last 11 years and I have never had a problem with any of them locking up under load. Unless you get a completely naff router now, anything you get which is semi-decent can handle 100mbits+ no problem because it is cappable of doing far more than that. One of the new LInksys routers I bought last month has got a wan to lan througput of 931mbits, so even at full speed for my VM connection of 152mbits, I am only using a fraction of what the router is capable of. You don't need to think throttling your connection as a % to your VM connection, but as a % to what the router can handle (and even a shub is capable of 400mbits). As an example, what you are saying atm is this: My car can do 120mph but because I am in a 40mph speed limit I don't want to do 40mph because that is max speed, I am going to do 75% which is 30mph. What I am saying is that 40mph is still a fraction of the 120mph which the car can handle without breaking a sweat. If you get pretty much any new router other can get rid of your dlink, you can go full speed on your VM connection no problemo.